CONNECTICUT THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 357

Last week I shared the growth of the University of New Haven's Theatre Department from the student perspective.

GODSPELL is next at Westport Community Theatre! Conceived and originally directed by John Michael Tebelak, with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Godspell is one of the biggest off-Broadway and Broadway successes of all time.

Based on the book series by Barbara Park, young theater lovers and bookworms alike will absolutely love the high-energy stage production of Junie B.

Join local writer and historian David Garnes and cast members for a talk about LTM's upcoming production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning CLYBOURNE PARK.

Tickets are now available for the Windsor Jesters Spring 2016 Production, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts.

Guests for the Friday, May 27, 2016, edition of the Palace Theater's WATR 1320 AM radio program 'Your Palace Your Place' include New England Arts & Entertainment Owner Mike Gow and Palace Chief Operations Officer Jennifer Zembruski, who will discuss the creation and growth of the theater's popular '

? Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridicu

Goodspeed Musicals continues its commitment to innovative, thought-provoking works with a bold reimagining of the witty and ridiculous The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd.

In the eternal words of the late Mitch Hedberg, 'they were advertising for a boxing match: 'It's a fight to the finish!' That's a good place to end.

In its 21st season, Shakespeare on the Sound introduces a new ticketing policy for it's upcoming production of Hamlet.

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects and partnerships in the NEA's second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2016.

Due to high ticket demand, Hartford Stage announced today one additional performance at 2 p.

In Europe any day now and in Connecticut in June.

The critically acclaimed My Mother Has 4 Noses, a musical play written and performed by renowned singer/songwriter Jonatha Brooke and directed by Jeremy B.

Alfred Uhry, Charles Aznavour, Kathleen Marshall and brilliant cast CAN CAN and then some.

There's a bone disease called 'pycnodysostosis', but it's more commonly known as Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome.

The exuberant cast of BYE BYE BIRDIE will 'spread sunshine all over the place' in this summertime sensation directed by Jenn Thompson.

How far are you willing to go to get the family you've always wanted?

Members of the cast of Don't You Forget About Me Club: An Improvised 80's Teen Movie will perform scenes from their upcoming show at Barnes & Noble, in the Shoppes at Farmington Valley, 110 Albany Turnpike, Canton, CT on Saturday, May 21 from 2pm - 3:30pm.

Mother Hood Out Loud is a tale of short scenes and monologues that are broken up into five chapters.

Music Mountain, America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, kicks off its 87th Anniversary Season on Sunday, June 5th (3PM) with a gala performance and reception featuring the multiple Grammy award winning ensemble, Emerson String Quartet!

Since the theatre program first came to be, the University of New Haven has not been the same.

Square One Theatre concludes its 26th Anniversary Season with a rousing three-week celebration of Motherhood Out Loud conceived by Susan R.

Tickets are now available for the Windsor Jesters Spring 2016 Production, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts.

Little Theater of Manchester's Evenings@7 series continues on June 14, with a reading of the comedy COLONEL SELLERS: REANIMATOR by Mark Twain, William Dean Howells & Jacques Lamarre.